En contra de la tradición crítica vigente, este ensayo ofrece una lectura nueva detallada y feminista para demostrar que Los de abajo se puede interpretar de forma distinta. Con frecuencia su temática y sus personajes machistas se han interpretado como signos de un discurso narrativo masculinista. In addition, the theoretical framework requires the incorporation of a concept coined in this study: ‘patriarchal affect’.ĭesde hace años, se reconoce Los de abajo de Mariano Azuela como la novela por antonomasia de la Revolución Mexicana. At the same time, this essay argues that although Connell’s theory provides a workable model for interpreting literary representations of Latin American masculinities, her typology of masculinities needs to be extended to include ‘patriarchal masculinity’ and ‘feminist masculinity’. Each gender regime is represented in the novel as both destructive and self-destructive. Drawing on Connell’s theory of gender as a structure of social practice and hooks’ account of patriarchal masculinity, the novel is interpreted in this article as a critique of patriarchal masculinity and of three patriarchal gender regimes: the Huertista army, the Villista revolutionary troop and Demetrio’s family.
Reading against the grain, this essay provides a detailed gendered reading that argues that Los de abajo is open to other interpretations. Its subject matter and its numerous machista characters have frequently been read as signs of a masculinist narrative discourse. Mariano Azuela’s Los de abajo has long been recognized as the quintessential novel of the Mexican Revolution.
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